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Reading 2-1 Gillingham - October 14, 2003 / First Division 2003/2004

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First Division 2003/2004 - Round 14

Madejski Stadium - Reading - England

October 14, 2003

13 011

Reading

2 - 1

Gillingham

Scott Murray

54'

Steve Sidwell

85'

73'

Marlon King

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54' - Goal Scott Murray54

68' - Substitution John Hillsis substituted by David Perpetuini

73' - Goal Marlon King

77' - Substitution James Harperis substituted by John Salako77

80' - Substitution Rod Wallaceis substituted by Mamady Sidibé

85' - Goal Steve Sidwell85

88' - Substitution Shaun Goateris substituted by Kevin Watson88

89' - Substitution Mark Saundersis substituted by Danny Spiller

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Reading

2 - 1

Gillingham

Reading Gillingham

Team line-ups

Reading

Hahnemann

Marcus Hahnemann

United States

B.date15/06/1972

Age31 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Brown

Steve Brown

England

B.date13/05/1972

Age31 years

positionDefender

Newman

Ricky Newman

England

B.date05/08/1970

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Williams

Ady Williams

Wales

B.date16/08/1971

Age32 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Shorey

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Harper77

James Harper

England

B.date09/11/1980

Age22 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Murray54

Scott Murray

Scotland

B.date26/05/1974

Age29 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Hughes

Andy Hughes

England

B.date02/01/1978

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Sidwell85

Steve Sidwell

England

B.date14/12/1982

Age20 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Goater88

Shaun Goater

Bermuda

B.date25/02/1970

Age33 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Forster

Nicky Forster

England

B.date08/09/1973

Age30 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann		31	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Brown		31	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ricky Newman		33	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ady Williams		32	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey		22	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper	77	22	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Scott Murray	54	29	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Hughes		25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Sidwell	85	20	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shaun Goater	88	33	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicky Forster		30	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Gillingham

Brown

Jason Brown

Wales

B.date18/05/1982

Age21 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Hope

Chris Hope

England

B.date14/11/1972

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Ashby

Barry Ashby

England

B.date21/11/1970

Age32 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Nosworthy

Nyron Nosworthy

Jamaica

B.date11/10/1980

Age23 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Cox

Ian Cox

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date25/03/1971

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Hills68

John Hills

England

B.date21/04/1978

Age25 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Saunders89

Mark Saunders

England

B.date23/07/1971

Age32 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Smith

Paul Smith

England

B.date18/09/1971

Age32 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

Hessenthaler

Andy Hessenthaler

England

B.date17/08/1965

Age38 years

H1m70

positionRight Midfielder

Wallace80

Rod Wallace

England

B.date02/10/1969

Age34 years

H1m70

positionStriker

King73

Marlon King

Jamaica

B.date26/04/1980

Age23 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jason Brown		21	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Hope		30	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Barry Ashby		32	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nyron Nosworthy		23	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Cox		32	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hills	68	25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Saunders	89	32	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Smith		32	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Hessenthaler		38	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Rod Wallace	80	34	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marlon King	73	23	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Kevin Watson	88	29	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		John Salako	77	34	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	David Perpetuini	68	24	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Spiller	89	22	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mamady Sidibé	80	23	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve Brown

John Mackie

OUT

James Harper

Kevin Watson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Rod Wallace

Mamady Sidibé

OUT

Barry Ashby

Wayne Brown

OUT

John Hills

David Perpetuini

OUT

Mark Saunders

Danny Spiller

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

Success rate in this team:

100 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Coppell vs Gillingham

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 14, 2003

Coppell vs Hessenthaler

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 14, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Andy Hessenthaler

171

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Hessenthaler vs Reading

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on October 14, 2003

Hessenthaler vs Coppell

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 14, 2003

Referee

Clive Penton

6 victories	2 draws	1 loss	Reading9 matches	General total	Gillingham12 matches	5 victories	1 draw	6 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Reading2 matches	Season total	Gillingham2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on August 30, 2008					Latest figure on April 12, 2008

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Key figures

Reading keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 13/09/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 20/03/1999-24/04/1999 time period (9 matches).

Andy Hessenthaler has registered 50 success in Championship since the 28/06/2000 as the manager of next after this match..

Gillingham keeps its 3 consecutive losses running (since 29/09/2003).

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LReading 0-1 Wolverhampton14/05/2003

VReading 3-0 Nottingham Forest16/08/2003

DReading 0-0 Rotherham United25/08/2003

VReading 2-1 Cardiff City16/09/2003

LReading 1-2 Coventry20/09/2003

DReading 2-2 Bradford04/10/2003

Overall

VReading 2-1 Cardiff City16/09/2003

LReading 1-2 Coventry20/09/2003

VOxford United 1-3 Reading24/09/2003

LSunderland 2-0 Reading27/09/2003

LNorwich City 2-1 Reading30/09/2003

DReading 2-2 Bradford04/10/2003

Current form

Away

VBradford 0-1 Gillingham23/08/2003

DWatford 2-2 Gillingham30/08/2003

LCardiff City 5-0 Gillingham13/09/2003

VStoke City 0-2 Gillingham23/09/2003

DRotherham United 1-1 Gillingham27/09/2003

LWalsall 2-1 Gillingham29/09/2003

Overall

LGillingham 1-2 Norwich City16/09/2003

VGillingham 2-0 West Ham20/09/2003

VStoke City 0-2 Gillingham23/09/2003

DRotherham United 1-1 Gillingham27/09/2003

LWalsall 2-1 Gillingham29/09/2003

LGillingham 0-2 West Bromwich Albion04/10/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	3	2
Conceding streak	3	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

11	Number of games (Competition total)	12
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
4	Victories (Competition total)	3
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
3	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
4	Losses (Competition total)	5
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

16	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
13	Goals conceded (Competition total)	20
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.45	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
1.6	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.83
1.18	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.67
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.67

Betting aid

7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
6	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	5
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
3-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (1 times)

Bookings

13	Yellow cards (Competition total)	22
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	11
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Steve Sidwell	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Marlon King
Steve Sidwell	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Danny Spiller
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Wayne Brown
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Wayne Brown
Steve Sidwell	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 7 matches	Marlon King

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

5 v

4 d

4 l

20 gf

15 ga

Away

14 matches

6 v

3 d

5 l

15 gf

21 ga

Total

27 matches

11 v

7 d

9 l

35 gf

36 ga

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

5 v

3 d

6 l

21 gf

15 ga

Away

13 matches

4 v

4 d

5 l

15 gf

20 ga

Total

27 matches

9 v

7 d

11 l

36 gf

35 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	August 23, 1994
Home	3 - 0	August 23, 1994

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 18, 1971
Away	2 - 0	May 14, 1985

Latest head to head

February 10, 2003 - First Division 2002/2003

Reading

2 - 1

Gillingham logo Gillingham

November 09, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Gillingham

0 - 1

Reading

April 07, 2000 - Second Division 1999/2000

Reading

2 - 2

Gillingham logo Gillingham

January 03, 2000 - Second Division 1999/2000

Gillingham

2 - 2

Reading

April 01, 1999 - Second Division 1998/1999

Gillingham

2 - 1

Reading

Best historical scorers against Gillingham

Jimmy Quinn	2 goals	1996 - 1996
Trevor Morley	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Luke Chadwick	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Tony Rougier	1 goal	2002 - 2002
John Salako	1 goal	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/01/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Reading

	David Martin	1 goal	1996 - 1996
	Rod Wallace	1 goal	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/01/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Gillingham

Ady Williams	3 matches	1996 - 2003
James Harper	2 matches	2002 - 2003
Andy Hughes	2 matches	2002 - 2003
Marcus Hahnemann	2 matches	2002 - 2003
Nicky Shorey	2 matches	2002 - 2003
Ricky Newman	2 matches	2002 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/01/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Nyron Nosworthy	2 matches	2002 - 2003
Chris Hope	2 matches	2002 - 2003
Andy Hessenthaler	2 matches	2002 - 2003
Paul Smith	2 matches	2002 - 2003
Kevin James	2 matches	2002 - 2003
Jason Brown	2 matches	2002 - 2003